If you're going to sit on someone's tombstone, you might as well know something about them, right?

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

The inspiration for my novels comes from the depths of a creative well, based on asking myself questions over and over. I try to write something different each time I sit down to write; I try to surprise the readers.

By making the place and the people and the feelings real, by the time someone closes the cover of one of my books, they have, hopefully, felt all of the emotions of life.

That's what dating is for, after all - to learn if you're compatible with someone.

A good man is hard to find," she said wistfully. "Not everyone is as lucky as you are.

When I look in the mirror, I know I’m looking at someone who isn’t sure she deserves to be loved at all.